12:07 AM,
Jul. 31, 2013

Written by

Lindsay Marshall
Democrat writer

Florida State University's Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) teamed up with the Southern Scholarship Foundation, an organization that offers free housing to students near campus, during this summer's Upward Bound and College Reach-Out programs.

Upward Bound and College Reach-Out are programs designed to prepare first-generation students in middle and high school for college admissions and eventual enrollment as the first member of their family to attend college.

Previous summers, these students have been immersed in college life by living in on-campus ...